Reading Santa his Christmas list
Christopher Givens reads to Santa from his two-page gift list. Givens was one of more than 100 children who sat on Santa's knee to deliver their requests for toys on Christmas morning after Santa's arrival at the Christmas Tree lighting ceremony. Givens is one of the few who brought a written list and the only one with two pages.
By Gardiner NewMedia in Westerville Life
24 pages, published 1 JAN 2012
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